One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to best use their time. He gave an example those students would never forget.

   He pulled out a big bottle and put it on the table. He also took out about a dozen rocks and carefully put them into the bottle, one rock at a time. When no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this bottle full?”

   Everyone in the class shouted, “Yes.” The teacher replied, “Really?” He pulled out of a bucket of very small rocks. He poured some small rocks in and shook the bottle. The small rocks went down into the spaces among the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, “Is this bottle full?”

   “Probably not,” one of them answered. “Good!” he replied. He brought out a bucket of sand and poured the sand in the bottle and it went into all of the spaces left among the rocks. Once more, he asked the question “Is this bottle full?”

   “No!” the class shouted. Once again he said. “Good.” Then he poured a cup of water in until the bottle was full. The he asked, “What is the idea here?” One student put up his hand and said, “The idea is, no matter how busy your life is, you can always do more things if you try really hard!’

   “No,” the teacher replied, “ that’s not the idea. The idea is if you don’t put the big rocks at first, you’ll never get them in at all. What are the big rocks in your life? Family, friends, your education, or your dreams. Remember to put these big rocks at first or you’ll never get them in at all.”

 46. Why did the teacher do the experiment(实验)?

          A. Because the students were having a science class.

          B. Because the teacher tried to tell the students about how to best use the time

          C. Because the students were interested in the rock experiment.

          D. Because the teacher tried to tell the students how important the experiment was.

47. How many times did the teacher ask “ Is this bottle full?”

          A. Once             B. Twice          C. Three times         D. Four times

 48. The teacher didn’t put ____________ into the bottle.

          A. rocks             B. water           C. rice               D. sand     49. The sentence “ you’ll never get them in at all” in the passage really means_________.

          A. You can never do more things in your life.

          B. You’ll never get the big rocks out of the bottle.

          C. You’ll never put all the big rocks into the bottle.

          D. You’ll never finish the most important things in your life.

    50. What is the bet title for the article?

          A. First things first                        B. Is this bottle full?

          C. Make yourself busier                    D. Put more big rocks into the bottle

Today Newtown is a clean place, but many years ago there were millions of rats there. The rats even attacked (攻击 ) the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed (伤害 ) many people.
The city office ordered every one to kill rats. However, most people were lazy, so they did not kill many rats. The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats, either. Some time later, they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They at once began to kill rats. They got as many dead rats as they could. And some of them even stopped their own work to kill rats because they could get more pay. Every day a city official(官员 ) put all the dead rats together. He was very busy doing that, because sometimes a man brought hundreds of them in one day. Two weeks later, there were not so many rats in the city as before,  but people still brought many dead rats to the city office. The city officials felt surprised at this but at last they found out people were stealing the dead rats they had collected. So the city official had to order his men to dig a big hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats and the city did not have to pay any more money for that.
【小题1】The rats in Newtown were once ______

A．as big as cats	B．as dangerous as dogs
C．huge in size	D．run into cars there

【小题2】When the city office first ordered the citizens to kill rats, most people ______.

A．had to pay for each dead rat

B．stole dead rats

C．were too lazy to kill rats

D．killed nearly all the rats very soon

【小题3】A big hole was dug so that ______.

A．the rats could come out to attack people at night

B．people could take many rats

C．the people loved dead rats

D．people could not steal dead rats for money

In less than two months, Junior 3 students around the country will take the senior high school entrance (入学) exam. They are studying hard for this big challenge. Do they have time to do something in memory of their middle school years? Many do.
Leng Jingze, 15, from Tianjin said that in her class students are already writing goodbye messages for each other. "Even the head teacher has a plan," said Leng. "She plans to put all our class photos and the Chinese compositions we have written onto a CD and give each student one," said Leng. "She will also write something for each student."
Wang Zeyu, 16, in Changchun, Jilin said his classmates are making "lucky stars" as graduation gifts. They are making the cheerful stars from colored paper. "Before making a lucky star, you write some words for the person on the paper," said Wang. "He or she can read the words later." Who does Wang want to make a lucky star for? He said he wanted to make one for his head teacher. "I’ll write: Dear teacher, you always look so serious," said Wang. "But we know you have a warm heart. Smile more!"
In Xiao Xia’s school in Beijing, each Junior 3 student will get a yearbook (毕业年鉴) , in which the graduating classes will put their photos and self-introductions. "Most classes have written an article as the self-introduction," said Xiao, 15. "We have written a poem in the ancient style!" The poem records the big events of the class’s history and is in the shape of the number 9. "Nine is our class number," said Xiao, who felt very proud of the idea. "Our class may be not the one with the best school grade but it must be the most creative one," said Xiao. "I feel lucky to study in such a class!"
【小题1】Leng Jingze’s head teacher plans to ____________.

A．put all the class photos onto a CD

B．put the student’s Chinese compositions onto a CD

C．give each student a CD

D．all above

【小题2】 Wang Zeyu wanted to make a "lucky star" for his teacher because ____________.

A．his head teacher wasn’t serious enough

B．he doesn’t like his head teacher

C．his head teacher sent him a gift

D．he wanted his head teacher to smile more

【小题3】From the last paragraph, we know that ____________.

A．most classes in Xiao Xia’s school have written a poem as the self-introduction

B．9 is the lucky number for Xiao Xia’s Class

C．Xiao Xia’s class has very creative ideas

D．each graduating class will get a yearbook to put their photos and self-introductions

【小题4】The passage is probably from ____________.

A．a newspaper

B．a novel

C．a letter

D．a diary

Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
Here is an example.
“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I can’t wait. It’s fun!”
When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of    course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.
【小题1】 From the passage we know that most children like       .

A．doing housework

B．playing computer games

C．playing cards

D．doing housework

【小题2】 Jim and Robert chose         card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.

A．two

B．four

C．eight

D．ten

【小题3】 Jim likes to           .

A．clean the bathroom

B．make the bed

C．feel the fish

D．sweep the floor

【小题4】 The underlined phrase “came up with” probably means “         ”.

A．looked at

B．gave up

C．thought of

D．believed in

【小题5】Who did the housework on the weekends?

A．Jim

B．Robert

C．The parents

D．The whole family

In less than two months, Junior 3 students around the country will take the senior high school entrance (入学) exam. They are studying hard for this big challenge. Do they have time to do something in memory of their middle school years? Many do.
Leng Jingze, 15, from Tianjin said that in her class students are already writing goodbye messages for each other. "Even the head teacher has a plan," said Leng. "She plans to put all our class photos and the Chinese compositions we have written onto a CD and give each student one," said Leng. "She will also write something for each student."
Wang Zeyu, 16, in Changchun, Jilin said his classmates are making "lucky stars" as graduation gifts. They are making the cheerful stars from colored paper. "Before making a lucky star, you write some words for the person on the paper," said Wang. "He or she can read the words later." Who does Wang want to make a lucky star for? He said he wanted to make one for his head teacher. "I'll write: Dear teacher, you always look so serious," said Wang. "But we know you have a warm heart. Smile more!"
In Xiao Xia's school in Beijing, each Junior 3 student will get a yearbook (毕业年鉴) , in which the graduating classes will put their photos and self-introductions. "Most classes have written an article as the self-introduction," said Xiao, 15. "We have written a poem in the ancient style!" The poem records the big events of the class's history and is in the shape of the number 9. "Nine is our class number," said Xiao, who felt very proud of the idea. "Our class may be not the one with the best school grade but it must be the most creative one," said Xiao. "I feel lucky to study in such a class!"
【小题1】Leng Jingze's head teacher plans to ____________.

A．put all the class photos onto a CD

B．put the student's Chinese compositions onto a CD

C．give each student a CD

D．all above

【小题2】 Wang Zeyu wanted to make a "lucky star" for his teacher because ____________.

A．his head teacher wasn't serious enough

B．he doesn't like his head teacher

C．his head teacher sent him a gift

D．he wanted his head teacher to smile more

【小题3】From the last paragraph, we know that ____________.

A．most classes in Xiao Xia's school have written a poem as the self-introduction

B．9 is the lucky number for Xiao Xia's Class

C．Xiao Xia's class has very creative ideas

D．each graduating class will get a yearbook to put their photos and self-introductions

【小题4】The passage is probably from ____________.

A．a newspaper

B．a novel

C．a letter

D．a diary